Kalanit Grill-Spector (@kalanitgs.bsky.social)

Curious how infant brains fold? I’m excited to share our new study spearheaded by Sarah Tung and Vaidehi Natu now on bioRxiv! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Sarah and Vaidehi examined how the grooves of the brain (sulci) develop in individual infant’s brain during the first year of life.

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How infant brains fold: Sulcal deepening is linked to development of sulcal span, thickness, curvature, and microstructure Cortical folding begins in utero as sulci emerge and continues postnatally as sulci deepen. However, the timeline and mechanisms underlying postnatal sulcal development remain unknown. Using structura... https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.18.649604v1